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We are excited that, after years of hoping to find some kin of Lt. Wallace, who lost his life saving his crew (see our previous story of regarding William H. Wallace here), one last effort in fall 2015 has allowed us to get to know his daughter, Judy Ikels, and she has been gracious to share with us much about...

Medal presentation ceremony with B-24/F-7 flyover on February 17, 1945, in Gushkara, India.

Stan Mamlock receives commendation while in China.

A GI burial in 797th Engineer Forestry Company in Burma. During WWII.

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone salutes during an award ceremony during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. A photographer stands on the far right. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone makes an apparent speech during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Award ceremony with Major Gen. Charles B. Stone during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves presenting the Air Medal to Pvt. Carroll E. Seiple for Meritorious Service as a member of an air dropping crew that helped supply American, British, Indian, and Chinese troops in Burma and China. Pvt. Seiple wa sa patient in the 95th Station Hospital when he received the medal. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944...

Burials of 1st Lt. John B. Leskie (middle initial corrected, for "Benard"), Flight Officer John G. Meuth, 2nd Lt. Lawrence A. Swanson, S/Sgt. Edward Lietener, Sgt. David H. Randolph. All men were members of the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron. Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer and Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves were present at the funeral ceremony. Their unarmed transport plane crashed--in some...

A funeral procession in China during WWII, with musicians and mourners. The large placard being carried says 福寿无疆, something like Limitless Good Life.